humanities.philosophy.objectivism

On Mar 10, 4:40 am, David Schwartz wrote:

> In other words, there is no reason that the Sun shouldn't include my
> arm,

I can think of one...your fingers would burn off!


> except that such a concept of "Sun" would be less useful to
> conscious beings.

Is this a new theory...Utilitarian Epistemology or something?


> We craft our concepts to conform to the demands of reality -- but
> without a consciousness, there are no such demands.

Could you craftily conceptualize my arm as a million dollars,
so I can buy my wife a nice gift? Thanks!

I'm sure inlookers are really impressed with the firm grip
Objectivists have on reality. We've got Betsy declaring that
relationships don't exist until our consciousness creates
them, and David offering that cavemen were Pragmatists
the day before they started conceptualizing.

How very nice. I'm sure Rand is turning over in her grave,
and I wish Peikoff would turn over in his sleep.


jk